To Get The Medium's Magic To Work

I Had The Fortune Or Misfortune To Learn How To Read Fluently Starting At The Age Of Three. So I Had Read Maybe 150 Books By The Time I Hit 1st Grade. And I Already Knew That The Teachers Were Lying To Me.

Any Medium Powerful Enough To Extend Man's Reach Is Powerful Enough To Topple His World.

Knowledge Is Silver. Outlook Is Gold. Iq Is A Lead Weight.

[computing] Is Just A Fabulous Place For That, Because It's A Place Where You Don't Have To Be A Ph.d. Or Anything Else. It's A Place Where You Can Still Be An Artisan. People Are Willing To Pay You If You're Any Good At All, And You Have Plenty Of Time For Screwing Around.

If You're Not Failing 90% Of The Time, Then You're Probably Not Working On Sufficiently Challenging Problems.